Chapter 1777

Naifei achieved great success through "house of cards", and then really opened up the situation with "strange things", which formally established its leading position in the industry.

"Strange stories" tells a story full of suspense. In the 1980s, a boy mysteriously disappeared in a small town. His friends, family members and local police began to search for answers. The boy's friends met a girl with supernatural powers, and a mysterious event about secret experiments and supernatural forces gradually revealed.

Compared with the high concept sci-fi series, the setting of "strange stories" is closer to the thriller and suspense part. Sci-fi relies on the shell of the whole story. The success of the whole series is relatively special. It packs a sci-fi story in the retro style of the 1980s, and the core is about family and growth.

The most important thing is that the writer and director duffer gives the film a wonderful quality of classic horror suspense films: the atmosphere reflected by John Carpenter's "strange shape", Steven Spielberg's "alien et", Stephen King's "walk with me" and other works.

In fact, "strange things" and lanli's personal favorite "accompany me" have many similarities. The latter tells the story of four 14-year-old teenagers going to look for a corpse. The corpse symbolizes a fork in the road. In the process of growing up, those companions go to a different fork in the road and finally scatter in the end of the world; The former is the story of a group of friends looking for their missing friends.

The Tamiflu brothers give such a growth story a unique flavor and texture, which is the reason why "strange things" can be popular - of course, the excellent quality of the drama is also the foundation.

In fact, before "Strange Tales", the Duffy brothers once wrote and produced the drama "Black Pine Town", and also co wrote and directed the film "hide", but neither of the two works has caused much repercussion. The profile also proves that the story of "Strange Tales" gives the Duffy brothers more room to play, so that they can find their own strengths.

After that, the story of "the clown returns to his soul" has many similarities with "strange stories": it is also the story of a group of children looking for their missing friends, but the context, framework and core of the story are still different, which distinguishes the two works. However, the similar texture of the 1980s horror film makes "the clown returns to his soul" win more market favor.

It can be said that if it wasn't for "strange things", the Tamiflu brothers may still not be successful; But conversely, if it wasn't for the Duffy brothers, "strange things" might have failed.

In lanli's view, this is a directional cooperation project, which is indispensable to both sides.

From an objective point of view, this is not a good thing for the drama, because "stage play is the art of actors, TV is the art of screenwriters, and film is the art of directors". The real key to the success of a series should be the screenwriter. Although the Duffy brothers are the screenwriters of "strange things", the success of a series is influenced by more special factors.

In addition to "strange things", other dramas return to the script.

In the way of twists and turns, through a murder case without clue to explore the cultural and political changes under the background of the whole era, the "crime night run" really keeps the audience's attention, especially after the hero enters a faction at the beginning, he wakes up to find his party partner dead and then exhausted, It's a bit like the opening of "24 hours" or "prison break", which ensures the quality of the show.

Focusing on the reconstruction of England after the end of World War II, it finally presents the "crown" of "if you want to take the crown, you must bear its weight". Compared with other historical dramas, the success of this series lies in the linear narrative, which does not make the characters become the name symbols on the history books, but gives the struggle and ups and downs of personal emotions behind the events, It tells the history of ups and downs in a heavy but delicate way. The writer's energy has been the greatest play!

The "maid's story", which reflects the plight of contemporary women's status, explores such a severe and heavy topic with the doomsday situation, but further explores the relationship between power and class, and then breaks away from the limitation of the topic of "women", giving the drama more potential, absurd but realistic, absurd but cruel, Undoubtedly, we have found a new way to open the mainstream topics, which is far more profound and broader than the big screen of the film.

Comparatively speaking, "the great lady mather" also tells about the plight of women, but abandons the heaviness and profundity, and presents a comic effect in an elegant retro style, which is a bit similar to the era of "advertising maniac", but it is lighter and more relaxed, and more acceptable to the ordinary audience. The part of stand up crosstalk is undoubtedly a severe test for the script writer's ability of lines and the level of paragraphs, and the drama is successful in this respect!

The "big and small lies" of contemporary life are more profound and darker than the soap opera "Desperate Housewives", but the real core is to explore the true meaning of marriage through these women, and then open the Pandora's box of middle-class life. Only you know the scars behind the bright life, The power of the show is enough to penetrate the back of the paper. The role control of the screenwriter is undoubtedly crucial, and of course, the actors also contribute a lot.

In the context of the whole era of fast food, the birth of "funeral" culture has spawned "London life" and "Jack Ma Nan Bo", while "the world to hell" is a drama reflecting the youth funeral culture. The core is still to explore the growth confusion and the influence of family culture and social environment on Teenagers' thoughts. The screenwriter's digging is not deep, but he can move the audience with comedy effect. "I didn't know until that day that silent silence is really noisy.".

"Mind Hunter" is another kind of suspense drama. Under the guidance of David Finch, the whole drama is endowed with a unique cold and dark temperament. It is not so much a Crime Solving drama as a psychological discussion. After the "seven sins", David finch tries to interpret the reasons for the psychological distortion behind the killers again, but goes further than the "criminal psychology", The atmosphere of audio-visual effect gives the drama a kind of film quality, and the social observation presented by the script is even more reflective.

At present, lanli has only selected eight works, and the number of episodes is far less than that of films. However, from another perspective, film projects need to consider the cost, production, distribution, revenue and other aspects; However, once you have a good view of a drama, you can start to prepare immediately. This is a lot easier and faster. The only problem is: when a movie is produced, it can enter the cinema, but when a drama is produced, where should it be played?

Compared with the film, the directivity of the drama is more distinct.

For example, "strange stories" means that the Tamiflu brothers are looking for investment; For another example, "mind Hunter" is a project that David finch has been brewing for a long time. Although "house of cards" is also his work, in fact, the number of episodes directed by David finch is very limited, and he focuses more on "mind Hunter".

For another example, "crime night run" was written by gold medal screenwriter Stephen zerian, who wrote "Schindler's list", "New York gangster", "mission impossible", "dragon tattooed girl" and other works. He also came to the small screen for the first time, hoping to find a new situation in his career. He is currently talking about projects with HBO.

In other words, after the release of the script, these plays have a general outline, the whole context and framework are clearer and more direct, and can be directly put into production at any time.

Because the directivity of the series is obvious and clear, Langley gives a simple plot summary at the bottom of each series. In fact, it's only one or two sentences, at least not blind. Because there must be more than one script for a TV series. When Andy and Andre make a second selection, they can't read all of them one by one, It's really time-consuming. Now lanli has sorted out a simple wind vane.

When Andy is reading the list, the amount of information goes directly into his mind.

He really felt that none of the eight series was suitable for production. He felt that he was shot every minute, so he cast his eyes at Lan Li, "... No special instructions? For example, if we can really put it into production, which one should we make first? "

"I wrote down the list of the part of the show, and Matthew finished the final arrangement." Because there are too many and too many notes in the series, lanli originally intended to give them all to Andy. Compared with movies, the competitiveness of the series is much smaller. The six major film companies are not expected to be interested in it, so there is no need to make a secret signal; But in the end, Matthew couldn't see it and made a simple arrangement.

Matthew thought about it carefully. "It depends on Andre's funding plan. If you have enough money, strange tales and mind hunters can take the lead in shooting; However, if there is a shortage of funds, "go to his x world" and "sin night run" can start first; And if you want to open up contacts, it's a big lie or a small lie. "

"Network situation? What do you mean Andre asked questions.

Matthew simply explained, "first of all, it's about the dramas with women as the protagonists, advocating the rise of women; Second, the show includes three main characters. You can go for a walk in Hollywood. Now the big actresses who are willing to take over such series should easily exceed the number of two hands. It's going to work very fast. "

Andre and Andy understood in a flash.

Andre pondered for a moment, and then cast his eyes to lanli. "Now the problem is here. What should we do with our capital chain? We'll go back to London after the Oscars, if Raleigh wants to, remember? As I said before, we need more money. "